Dr. Bashir Faris AlKaddoumi

Specialties and Expertise

• Interventional Cardiology
  • Left and right heart catheterization
  • High risk percutaneous coronary interventions
  • Radial access cardiac catheterization and coronary intervention
  • Percutaneous mechanical circulatory support devices; IABP and Impella
  • PFO/ ASD percutaneous closure
  • Percutaneous aortic valve intervention
• Cardiovascular Disease
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Valvular Heart Disease
  • Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
  • Arrhythmias, cardiac monitoring and cardioversion
  • Primary prevention and risk factors modification
• Nuclear Cardiology
  • Exercise and pharmacological nuclear stress test
  • Viability studies
• Adult Echocardiography
  • Transthoracic echocardiography
  • Transesophageal echocardiography
  • Exercise and pharmacological echocardiogram stress test
• Cardiac computed tomography
  • Coronary Calcium Score and Coronary CT angiography

Education and Training

• Interventional Cardiology Fellowship – Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center - Detroit, MI. October 2012 – September 2013.
• General Cardiology Fellowship – University of Texas HSC – Houston, Texas. July 2009 – June 2012
• Internal Medicine Residency – Cleveland Clinic Foundation – Cleveland, Ohio. July 2006 – June 2009.
• MB.BS. Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan. Amman, Jordan 1998 – 2004.

Certifications

• American Board of Interventional Cardiology. 2013.
• American Board of Cardiovascular Disease. 2012.
• American Board of Internal Medicine. 2009.
• Certification Board of Adult Echocardiography. 2011.
• Certification Board of Nuclear cardiology. 2011.
• Certification Board of Vascular Medicine 2013.
• Certification Board of Endovascular Interventions, 2013.
• Certification Board of Vascular Interpretation, 2013.
• The Arab Board of Cardiovascular Disease. 2015.

Professional Experience

• Interventional/ General Cardiologist – Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center – Detroit, MI. November 2013 – October 2014.
• Interventional/General Cardiologist – Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital. November 2014 – Now. 

Professional Memberships

• Member of American College of Cardiology (ACC)
• Member of American Heart Association (AHA)
• Member of Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)
• Member of American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)
• Member of American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)